Cable or wire clamp



oct. 4, 1927."

J. HAWORTH CABLE OR WIRE CLAMP Filed Jan. l0, 1927 INVEN-on,

' placed under stress,

Patented Oct. 4, 1927.

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.' rEHunRnnEBIo-HAWORTH, or Enenwonrri, rENusYLvANIA. y

" CABLE on WIRE CLAMP.

nppneation flied January 1o,.1927,f.seria1 ne. 1601125. i,

The presentinvention relates yto cable or wirefclamps and'more especially to a clamp` y in which the cable or wire isfrictionallyV gripped, usually by means of a wedgein-V serted inal tapered housing so as to clamp the wire b-etween the wedge and the housing in such a manner that tension on the wire will tend to increase-the clamping grip of 'the wedge. Y

The invention is shown'as embodied in the 'type of connector in which a loop of the wire or cable is passed around a wedge held in the tapered housing so that the tension on onei le'glof the loop will tend to draw the wedge toward the smaller end of the housing and thus insure an increasing grip on" the wire yor cable with an increasingtension. An example ofv this type of,connecter,is shown in my ,Patent No.' 1,380,800of`J une 7, 1921. In the patent is shown a cable clamp comprising `a vhousing having a tapered socket for receivingaloop of the cable or wire and a wedge for frictionally clamping I thecable or'wire against the socket. In this type of clamp, the! wedge is formed so that a portion of each of the.- edges near the smaller end of the wedge is curved toward its point so that the lower -portions of the edges have a greaterl taper than the taper'of the socket. The purpose of making such l provision isy to impart tothe cable a gra-dually increasing clamping grip alongr the tensioned leg of the loop to vthe portion thereof near the larger end of the housing. rlhe result obtained is va material increase in the working strength of the cable when as vclearlyset forth in the patent. v, Y Y v I havefound that' it is desirable to use a wedge having a longitudinal groove in each of its cable-engaging edges, in order lthat the outer portions of the wedge may be very `slightly spread apart so that if there is any slightl inequality in the sizeof the cable or in the walls .of the socket such inequality can be relieved and any tendency towards localized points of excessive pressure will be minimized., Such a wedge construction-is disclosed in my copending application Serial No.1145,672, filed Nov. 1, 1926. IrrtheV manufacture of wedges having longitudinal grooves in'their cable-engaging edges such grooves may convenientlyV be machined-inf.

,the wedge after it has been otherwise substantially completed.v When the edges of ,the loop of cable jto be initially a cable clamped therein);

the wedge arecurved as prior patent the problemiv of` aecuratelyqmachiningthe grooves thereinxvbecomes 4a rather rcompli-l, cated ,onefor the *reason-that it is ldifficult to Vform agroove -of constant depth .in a

curved surface bythe useof ak milling ma-Y chine.l

One of thelobjects of the presentinventijon is to provide a ,clamp comprising a. housingl having a tapered socket .and lav wedfgeffor4 frictionally clamping' thefoable "or,l wire' against the socket, the edge 4'off the "fweol'ge' engaging the tensioned leg of thecable loopf of its length and the socket being formed .being straightisubstantially in thel .direction that when the wedge isf in cable-clamping 1 position therein,` said straight edge off the wedge fand theV cable-iengagingV portion of nthe socket cooperating therewith diverge toward the smaller end-of the' socket.' I thus provide a construction which serves to exert a graduallyincreasing/clampingjgr'ip ,on the tensionedl'le'g of the cable loop and,l at the same time'` simplify the machiningfofrthe longitudinal groove in :the `wedge by form-j ing theedgethereofwliichengages the ten- .a Y

siogned leg of the' cable ,loop straightsubstantially in the direction of its length.

A further object ofthe present invention is to .provide a clamp of the type above `men'- tioned Ahaving the' cabl'eJengaging' sides .of i

thesooket above the cableiclamping portions thereof flared sharply outwardly to permit p I drawn into the socket 'without abrasion.

f Forr simplicity, the invention' willbe 'der' .l

scribed with particular reference to a cable clamp ofthe usual type'in which the end fof ,the cable'embraces asinglef'wedgejheld in a Atapered vhousing.` 'Whilera' cable of the wire rope typewhich is made up of af plurality Aof separate vwires is illustrated as being held in l the clamp,it willfjbe obvious that a cable composed of a singley wire or a Vcable of material other than metal might be held. Y

In the drawings:

' 'Figure 1 isla planA viewofacableclamp il embodying my'finvention,*showing a cablel looped therein beforebein'g tightly drawn down into the housing;

Figure Zfis Clamp; o

Eigure'S-is a longitudinal cross-section of the cable clamp shown in Figure y'1,showing a, side 'y elevation of theb cable thus formed is symmetrical andvmaybein-V serted into the housing with Aeither edgeV neXt the tensioned leg of the loop. ,t

lVhile I have specifically illustrated an described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to its illustrated embodiment but maybe otherwise embodied within the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

l. A clamp for cables or wires, comprising a housing having a tapered socket for receiving a loop of the cable orwire, and a wedge in the socket and within the loop for frictionally clamping the cable or Vwire against the` socket,the edge of the wedgeenf y gaging the tensioned leg of the loop being straight substantially `in the directionl of its t length, the socket being so lformed that when' thev wedge is in cable-.clamping position therein said straight edge of the wedge and the cable-engaging` portion of the socket cooperating therewith divergetoward the smaller end of the socket, whereby to impart to the cable or wire a gradually increasing clamping grip Y 2. A clamp for cables or wires, comprisu ing a. housing havingartapered socket for receiving a loop of the cable'or wire, and a wedge in the socket and within the loop for frictionally clamping the cable or wire against the socket, the edge of the wedge en* gaging the tensioned .leg of the loop beingv straight substantially in the direction of its length, the cable-engaging surface of the socket ycooperating with said straight edge of the wedge being curved outwardly at the smaller endof the socket, whereby to impart to the cable or wire a gradually increasing increasing clamping grip.

socket being straight substantially in the respective directions of their lengths 'and so formed that when theV wedgev is invcable-y kclamping position in the socket each of the edges of the wedge and the corresponding by to impart to the cable or wire a gradually cable-engaging surface of the socket diverge toward the smaller end of the socket, where-` i 4a, A clamp lfor cables or wires, comprisa wedgey in the socketand within they loop ving af housing having a tapered socket for v` receiving a loopof the cable or wire, andy -f g for frictionally clamping'the cable or vwire u against-the socket,vthe cableengaging sides of the socket above the cable-clamping por-` Vtions thereof being flared sharply loutwardly to permit the loop of cable vto be initially drawn into the socket vwithout abrasion.

5. 'A clamp for cablesA or wires, compris-r ing a housing having-a taperedsocket fory receiving a loop of the cable orwire, anda wedge inthe socket and within the loop for frictionally clamping the cable or wire againstl the socket, the cablefengaging-sides of the socket above the cable-clamping por# tions thereofbeing iared sharply outwardly and being rounded atV their extremities to permit the loop of cable to be initiallyfdrawn into the socket without abrasion.

6. A clamp for cables or wires, comprising a khousing havingia tapered socket forv receiving a loop'of the cable or wire, anda wedge in the socket andwithin the loop for frictionally clamping` the cable -or lwire I against the socket, the'cable-engaging edges of th-e wedge being straight substantially in the respective directions of their lengths,

the cable-engaging sides of the socket above.`

the cable-clampingportions thereof beingj l flared sharply'outwardly topermit the loop of cable to be initially drawn into the socket` without abrasion. u n

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. e

' JEHU` FREDERIC HAwoRTH. A 

